Vittatidera zeaphila

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae

Vittatidera zeaphila Bernard, Handoo, Powers, Donald & Heinz, 2010

Type species of the genus.

Synonyms:
None.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Females: Lemon-shaped cysts, orange to brown when mature. Vulval cone protruding slightly, circumfenestrate, abullate.

Cyst in anterior region marked with weak longitudinal ridges and transverse rows of punctations.

Produce large gelatinous egg mass with numerous eggs; eggs also retained in cyst.

Males: Length variable. Lip region rounded, slightly offset, 3 lip annules.

Stylet knobs rounded

Second-stage juveniles: Generally typical of Heteroderidae.

Lateral field with four lines.

Esophageal glands in a single lobe.

Tail pointed.

Phasmids minute.

[Bernard et al., 2010]

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Reported from Obion and Lauderdale counties, Tennessee, and from Spencer county, Indiana USA.

Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

Bernard, E.C., Handoo, Z.A., Powers, T.O., Donald, P.A., Heinz, R.D. 2010. J. Nematology 42: 139-150.

Skantar, A.M., Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.R., Carta, L.K., Faghihi, J., Ferris, V. 2020. Characterization of Vittatidera zeaphila (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Indiana with molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus. J. Nematology 52: | DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-024.